It's a fun puzzle game, influenced by games like Tetris and Lumines, as well as WipEout's Zone Mode. So if you like anyone of those games, I'm willing to bet you'll enjoy ASYNC Corp. It's only $1 and is available now on the iPhone App Store.

And if you were wondering, the catchy song that starts at the half-way mark is indeed in the game. We worked with chiptunes artist FearofDark and got Spectronosis in the game, which I was very happy about, as it's an awesome song

Some of you may actually know our previous game, Glow Artisan. Well, this is our follow-up to that game. Glow Artisan won IGF's Best Mobile Game Design Award in 2010, incidentally.

It's a fun puzzle game, influenced by games like Tetris and Lumines, as well as WipEout's Zone Mode. So if you like anyone of those games, I'm willing to bet you'll enjoy ASYNC Corp. It's only $1 and is available now on the iPhone App Store.

This looks brilliant, any plans for a lite version?

And, er, I really need to hear more about how it's like WipEout's Zone Mode, just for my own curiosity

It's a bit hard to tell exactly what the gameplay entails, but I'm almost convinced regardless.

From the trailer, it looks like you just touch one block on each side of the screen, and if it makes a 2x2 block (at least) of the same colour on either side, it will swap the blocks over and make that 2x2, then you can tap it to make it disappear or keep making it bigger.

@drelbs/@Gabrien Basically, you are swapping blocks between wells to create 2 x 2 blocks of the same color. A player simply selects a block from each well, and if it creates a match in either or both wells, the blocks will swap and you created a Packet. However, you HAVE TO CREATE A MATCH TO SWAP. Otherwise the blocks won't swap. The player then taps a Packet to "send" it. A player can also extend a Packet if it creates a rectangle or a full square dimension (3x3) through a swap. If you are good enough, you can create a Packet the size of the entire well, which we call an "ASYNC".

The idea is that you are working at ASYNC Corp. creating and sending Packets for them. The smiley blocks are basically ASYNC Corp's way of making you feel happy as you work for them. They're a devious bunch Beyond that it's just visual flair.

@toythatkills

Sorry, no Lite version. The actual story is that the entire ASYNC Corp. team was laid off an hour after we submitted the game to Apple. Which was a bit risky, as we would have had no one to fix it if the game bounced the submission process! There were a million things we wanted to do with ASYNC (Game Center, updates, etc), but that sort of died out, along with my job

As for WipEOut Zone similarities, we have a mode called "Zoning", which requires the player to fill a meter up by creating and sending packets. If you don't send any Packets the meter goes down by a certain speed. Reaching the next level also increases the Meter's decrease rate/speed. If you can get to the higher levels, you really need to move fast, as the Meter drops very quickly. Each level increases the speed at which you need to make/send Packets. So it's a more active version of WipEout Zone's design, where the player creates the speed. But the end result is that you REALLY need to zone in on what you're doing, otherwise you won't get to the next level. I can reach level 18, but the ultimate goal is to get to level 20. If you do, you're an ASYNC champion

Sorry, no Lite version. The actual story is that the entire ASYNC Corp. team was laid off an hour after we submitted the game to Apple. Which was a bit risky, as we would have had no one to fix it if the game bounced the submission process! There were a million things we wanted to do with ASYNC (Game Center, updates, etc), but that sort of died out, along with my job

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